the democrat, that might help chris christie. that's the bind that chris christie is in. e.j. dionne, thanks for joining us. you'd probably rather be talking about the red sox. >> we should welcome some viewers back to the show. >> thank you, e.j. dionne for joining us. >>> why the red state of georgia could help democrats coming up in 2014. that's coming up. >>> in the battle to hold on to their senate majority next year, salvation for democrats might come from a very unlikely place, the red state of georgia. to understand why, let's back up to 2008, which was, to put it mildly, a very first handily election cycle for democrats. barack obama was elected with the largest share of the popular vote since any candidate since lbj in 1964. and that sweeping wind came with some serious coattails. big gains for his party in congress, 21 seats in the house, 8 in the senate. 2008 was by any measure, a real wave election. but in 2014, six years later, all of those senate seats that were on the ballot in 2008 will be up again. because 2008